Jim Joseph Foundation Makes $5.2m Grant to DeLeT
July 16, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media
The Jim Joseph Foundation has awarded a three-year, $5.2 million grant to the DeLeT teacher education program at Brandeis University and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Los Angeles.
The grant extends a donor relationship between the»
New Rabbis Face Employment Challenges
July 2, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
Newly Ordained Find the 2010 Spiritual Job Market a Tough Place To Sell Their Wares
by Larry Yudelson
Last fall, Rabbi Lennard Thal gave an uncharacteristic warning to senior rabbinical students at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the seminary»
The Limits of Cross-Denominational Partnership
June 6, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
from Tablet Magazine:
Last week, each of the three universities associated with the major American Jewish denominations received an $11 million grant from the Jim Joseph Foundation, a San Francisco-based Jewish philanthropy.
… But the relative ease with»
What Jewish Educators Should Teach
May 31, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The Blog
from The Jerusalem Post:
Rosner’s Domain: Al Levitt on what Jewish educators should teach
You’ve probably heard about the “big news coming out of The Jim Joseph Foundation“: $33 million is being given to The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS),»
Jim Joseph Announces $33m. to Train Educators
May 25, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In Case You Missed, Jewish Philanthropy, Media Release / Official Publication, The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
As part of a continued concentrated effort to increase the number of credentialed future Jewish educators and to improve the quality of professional preparation and Jewish education they receive, the Jim Joseph Foundation (JJF) has announced that $33»
Barry Shrage on Birthright Israel
May 14, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, The Blog
Barry Shrage, President of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, was the speaker at the New York Investiture and Ordination Ceremonies of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He had this to say on Birthright Israel:
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The FSU Pesach Project
March 28, 2010 by eJP
Filed under In the Media, Life in the FSU Countries, The World
Fourteen Year-In-Israel Hebrew Union College (HUC) students are traveling to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus to conduct Passover seders and engage the renascent Jewish communities – from early childhood to the elderly – in Jewish learning, worship and heritage.
In partnership»
Changes in American Jewish Identities Since 1948: From Norms to Aesthetics
November 24, 2009 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene, The Blog
by Dr. Steven M. Cohen
Jews Within
In the sixty plus years that have elapsed since the founding of the State of Israel, profound changes have taken place in Israel, in American Jews’ relationship with Israel, and in American»
Memo to HUC: What Are Non-Core Real Estate Holdings?
November 6, 2009 by eJP
Filed under The American Jewish Scene
At a meeting earlier this week, the Board of Governors of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion approved a plan for its future. Titled “A New Way Forward,” the plan charts a five-year process based on attaining financial sustainability, sustaining»
Celebrating our Past, Shaping the Future
November 2, 2009 by eJP
Filed under Professional Development, The American Jewish Scene
The Summer/Fall 2009 issue of the Journal of Jewish Communal Service is now available. Published by the Jewish Communal Service Association of North America and titled, The HUC-JIR School of Jewish Communal Service: Celebrating the Past, Shaping the»
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